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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1886

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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The following Table gives the number of Deaths occurring in
each month of the year:—
Males.
Females.
Total.
January
30
23
53
February
17
21
38
March
40
35
75
April
23
17
40
May
20
12
32
June
20
15
35
July
14
15
29
August
13
9
22
September
15
10
25
October
13
9
22
November
16
15
31
December
14
9
23
235
190
425
Of the above 425 Deaths, 160 occurred in the Charing Cross
Hospital, and of this number who died in that Institution, 140
were non-residents in the Parish. In public Institutions situate
without the Parish, 52 deaths of Parishioners occurred. Amongst
the tables will be found one giving details of those 52 deaths.
The Death.rate of the Parish for the year 1886 was 18.2 per 1,000,
more than one less than in the previous year. Patio of deaths to
population, 1 in 55.
The Deaths registered in London during the year 1886 were 82,276,
and corresponded to an annual death-rate of 19.9 per 1,000.
Appended is the annual death-rate per 1,000 in the Parish of
St. Martin.in.the.Fields, during the last ten years:—
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
16.9
17.5
18.6
16.8
18.5
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